The Somerset reporter. [volume] (Skowhegan, Me.) 1868-1909, 1887-10-19
LOCAL ITEMS.
J. S. Murphy Coburn Hall Oct. goth.

j. ). Murphy Co0urn Hall Oct. 18th.
Are you chewing some of that 800 lbs
of gum of Bixby & Bucks?
Ordway has full line of ladies' Jersey
knit underwear.
A large line of ladies and children
garments at Vickery's
Look over the big display of gloves anC
mittens, in the large show window OF
Holbrook < Halves.
Miss Keefe leaves for New York
Thursday, and will return the last part OF
next week.
Mr. Geo. HAYES of Holbrook & Halves.
returned Saturday evening from a bust
ness trip to Boston.
Mr. Mel Needham and wife, of Water
vile, drove up from home Sunday, taking
dinner at the Coburn.
Mr.. Thomas Lalley, the genial clerk of
the Coburn, went to Boston last week,
for visit of few days.
Mr.. S, A. Bickford, of Dinsmore &
Bickford, is on vacation trip to New
York city, leaving last Friday.
Miss Ethel Walton gave a party on Sat
urday afternoon last in honor of her
guest, Miss Grace Mayo, of Fairfield.
+. p. Mayo of the Fairfield Journal,
and family were in town over Sunday.
lie is recovering his usual health, rapidly
Mr.. Lewis Anderson departed for Bos-
ton, yesterday, on business trip, and
was accompanied by Miss Sadie Ander-
son.
There is to be a great boat race at
Maranocook, for the championship of
America, October 9th, between John
Teemer and Jake Gaudaur.
Rev. l.. Mayo and wife of Hodgden,
has been visiting relatives in Fairfield and
Skowhegan. Mr. Mayo preached at the
Bethany Baptist church last Sabbath
The Ladies of the Relief Corps will
give dinner at G. A. r. Hall, Friday
noon, Oct. DIST, consisting of baked
beans, Indian pudding, pastry, &c Tick
cts % cts.
Sidney p. Smith, of Cornylle, returned
from his business trip to Boston on Satur-
day last. His daughter, Jennie, who has
been stopping in Westboro, Mass, came
home with him.
The family of ex-Mayor Davis, of Eau
Glare, Wis, is visiting his sister. Mrs.
ii. L. Kimball. Mr. Davis is New Port
land boy, and it is the first time his fami
ly have been in Maine.
NJ, S. Messer who was burned out in
East Madison some weeks ago, has
bought privilege on the East branch of
the Wesscrunsett in East Cornville, where
he will re-establsh his Calk mandatory.
One hundred thousand cuds of spruce
gum is the estimated number in the 800
lbs. advertised elsewhere by Bixby &
Buck. The number of wags of the jaw
to destroy this amount is beyond our cal
citations.
Mr. w. C. Young, formerly of the
Stage House, Bingham, but now of the
Kineo House, Mooschead Lake, was in
town the past week. Mr.. Young is to
take charge of the cottage and annex at
Kineo the coming winter.
Mr.. Hiram Burrill miraculously escaped
a serious injury on Saturday last, by fall
ing a distance of 10 feet, while about the
premises OF the new house he is erecting
in the rear of the Second National Bank.
As it was, he was severely famed and
bruised.
The water works are progressing favor
ably now. There was delay in shipping
the pipe from New York on account of
the difficulty of chartering vessels to Gar
diner, but it is all shipped now and is
coming along by rail from Gardiner as
fast as it can be used.
Dr. w. A. Porter, formerly of Burnham
has located in Canaan, where he will
persue the practice OF the medical pro-
fessicn. DIR. Porter Is the son Of DIR.
Byron Porter of Newport physician OF
extensive practice. His Office is at the
store of Mr.. A. Chase, Canaan village.
1t will be seen by the programme pub
lished in the Grange Column that the
State Grange will hold its annual session
in this village, commencing December
goth and continuing three days. Our
Granger friends will undoubtedly give
their brethren and sisters 4 warm vel
come.
All Sunday School teachers and work
ers are invited to meet at the vestry of
the Congregational Church, next Friday
evening, promptly at I O'Clock, Tor the
purpose of organizing Union ). s.
Teachers Meeting. Rev Mr.. Wiswel
will conduct an exercise upon the lessor
for the following Sabbath.
The first meeting of the Chatauqual
Magazine Reading Club, which invites al
busy persons to its literary recreatons
will be held next Monday evening at thu
yestry of the Methodist Church. At
cost of fifteen cents a month for tn
Magazine, and two hours of study a week
the course will cover the ground o
American Industries, Questions of Publ
Interest, Current Literature, Grea
Events of History, Hygiene Botany
Sports, &C.
Mr.. W. C. Pearson, for some year
connected with the jewclry business
Skowhegan, has closed out his stock /
trade, and Saturday afternoon departe
for his paternal home in VassalborC
On the eve of his departure, several {
his gentleman friends rendered him II